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Be the Girl QUOTES

Be the Girl QUOTES

1 " Any rose can succumb to rot, given the right conditions. But, with enough attention, it can come back better than before. "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl

2 " She told me that the sooner you figure out how to like yourself through your own eyes, the sooner you’ll stop trying to see yourself through everyone else’s. "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl

3 " But that’s not even what she’s asking. Cassie wants to know if I’ll still walk home with her after school every day, if I’ll watch movies with her that I miss hald of because I’m answering her bizarre questions; if I’ll still tolerate her mindless chatter and scattered conversations.
If I’ll still be nice to her.
This girl who speaks slowly and runs awkwardly, who can only manage short spurts of eye contact and stiffens under anyone’s touch, who struggles to match appropriate emotions with situations.
Who finds joy in the simplest of things, who will never sit at a cafeteria table or in a bathroom and say mean things behind people’s back.
Who understands more than most people give her credit for.
Who’s heart can’t seem to hold animosity, even towards those who have been cruel to her.
Who only ever wanted to be a friend to me since the moment she stepped out of her mom’s car with a bag of cookies.
“Of course, I will,” I promise.
“Yeah, okay.” She finally looks up to offer me a wide grin and a nod. “Are you going to eat those Junior Mints? "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl

4 " I… that took a lot of guts, what you did today.”
“Can’t really pretend it didn’t happen anymore, right?” And being a better person doesn’t mean hiding from or lying about who I used to be.
“So much of what you talked about is shit that happens in school very day, Aria. The gossip, the text messages, the comments. People do it all the time. Everyone does it. I’ve done it. Doesn’t make it okay but… I can see how it spiralled out of control like that.”
I shrug. “I figured, if my story makes people stop and think about what their words could do to a person, then I should tell it right?”
“Right.” He nods slowly, his eyes roaming my face.
“I miss you,” I don’t mean to say it aloud, but it slips out anyway.
He offers me a sad smile. “I miss you, too, AJ. "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl

5 " And in that moment, beneath a cluster of tacky glow-in-the-dark stars, my face green with clay and red with embarrassment, I fall hopelessly in love with the boy next door. "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl

6 " When Mom made a comment about taking the dog back, Uncle Merv insisted that, if he’s just going to sleep in a cage until he dies, he might as well sleep in our living room until he dies. "

― K.A. Tucker , Be the Girl